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How popular is “Elma” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elma” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Elma” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Elma” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Elma” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Elma” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Elma” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elma” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 28 0.000138969 28 100%
1881 41 0.000212779 41 100%
1882 47 0.000212158 47 100%
1883 42 0.000193597 42 100%
1884 59 0.000242339 59 100%
1885 76 0.000315544 76 100%
1886 82 0.000321171 82 100%
1887 73 0.000295078 73 100%
1888 97 0.000323901 97 100%
1889 98 0.000339164 98 100%
1890 108 0.000358327 108 100%
1891 118 0.000411619 118 100%
1892 112 0.000334954 112 100%
1893 129 0.000396651 129 100%
1894 127 0.000374974 127 100%
1895 137 0.000390291 137 100%
1896 166 0.000464356 160 6 93%
1897 156 0.000449623 156 100%
1898 172 0.000450905 172 100%
1899 136 0.000400903 136 100%
1900 182 0.000404213 182 100%
1901 189 0.00054654 189 100%
1902 199 0.000514567 199 100%
1903 162 0.000424974 162 100%
1904 160 0.000396545 160 100%
1905 176 0.000415171 171 5 94%
1906 193 0.00045046 193 100%
1907 228 0.000489912 228 100%
1908 208 0.000425663 208 100%
1909 248 0.00048511 248 100%
1910 273 0.000462155 273 100%
1911 258 0.000400448 252 6 95%
1912 386 0.000390664 375 11 94%
1913 401 0.000352648 388 13 94%
1914 494 0.000348785 484 10 96%
1915 587 0.00032034 575 12 96%
1916 645 0.000333434 622 23 93%
1917 589 0.000293509 580 9 97%
1918 674 0.00031044 659 15 96%
1919 609 0.000288592 594 15 95%
1920 620 0.000274016 600 20 94%
1921 628 0.000269008 610 18 94%
1922 592 0.000258611 579 13 96%
1923 512 0.000222369 494 18 93%
1924 536 0.000225058 522 14 95%
1925 504 0.000216003 487 17 93%
1926 471 0.000205148 449 22 91%
1927 484 0.000208678 465 19 92%
1928 442 0.000195494 424 18 92%
1929 372 0.000169696 360 12 94%
1930 371 0.00016687 362 9 95%
1931 360 0.000171071 352 8 96%
1932 307 0.000145409 299 8 95%
1933 306 0.000153042 297 9 94%
1934 295 0.000142044 285 10 93%
1935 276 0.000132064 267 9 93%
1936 268 0.000128996 258 10 93%
1937 241 0.00011311 225 16 87%
1938 255 0.00011525 244 11 91%
1939 214 0.000097121 204 10 91%
1940 212 0.000092066 204 8 92%
1941 206 0.00008455 193 13 87%
1942 234 0.000085657 226 8 93%
1943 208 0.000073692 208 100%
1944 175 0.000065054 162 13 85%
1945 184 0.000069358 179 5 95%
1946 162 0.000050699 162 100%
1947 172 0.000047747 167 5 94%
1948 166 0.000048081 159 7 92%
1949 158 0.00004534 150 8 90%
1950 149 0.000042531 143 6 92%
1951 131 0.000035562 125 6 91%
1952 130 0.000034228 130 100%
1953 129 0.000033475 129 100%
1954 114 0.000028638 114 100%
1955 104 0.000025902 104 100%
1956 103 0.000024982 103 100%
1957 102 0.000024273 94 8 84%
1958 108 0.000026125 108 100%
1959 89 0.000021405 89 100%
1960 111 0.000026722 111 100%
1961 72 0.000017382 72 100%
1962 74 0.000018338 74 100%
1963 76 0.000019201 76 100%
1964 62 0.000015948 62 100%
1965 66 0.000018205 66 100%
1966 47 0.000013523 47 100%
1967 49 0.000014433 49 100%
1968 50 0.0000148 50 100%
1969 47 0.000013524 47 100%
1970 34 0.000009427 34 100%
1971 44 0.000012819 44 100%
1972 41 0.000013045 41 100%
1973 33 0.000010938 33 100%
1974 35 0.000011513 35 100%
1975 29 0.000009605 29 100%
1976 33 0.000010876 33 100%
1977 23 0.000007241 23 100%
1978 31 0.000009767 31 100%
1979 26 0.000007815 26 100%
1980 22 0.000006387 22 100%
1981 20 0.000005781 20 100%
1982 23 0.000006557 23 100%
1983 19 0.000005486 19 100%
1984 27 0.000007739 27 100%
1985 22 0.000006164 22 100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 100%
1987 10 0.000002773 10 100%
1988 19 0.000005142 19 100%
1989 21 0.000005462 21 100%
1990 14 0.000003542 14 100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 100%
1992 17 0.000004426 17 100%
1993 17 0.000004509 17 100%
1994 17 0.000004573 17 100%
1995 19 0.000005188 19 100%
1996 20 0.000005484 20 100%
1997 13 0.000003585 13 100%
1998 18 0.000004894 18 100%
1999 36 0.000009746 36 100%
2000 38 0.000010053 38 100%
2001 48 0.000012823 48 100%
2002 40 0.0000107 40 100%
2003 51 0.000013413 51 100%
2004 37 0.000009684 37 100%
2005 47 0.000012224 47 100%
2006 37 0.000009352 37 100%
2007 38 0.000009506 38 100%
2008 37 0.000009413 37 100%
2009 37 0.000009685 37 100%
2010 31 0.000008388 31 100%
2011 33 0.000009022 33 100%
2012 35 0.00000957 35 100%
2013 23 0.000006309 23 100%
2014 27 0.000007285 27 100%
2015 31 0.000008376 31 100%
2016 27 0.00000736 27 100%
2017 32 0.000008948 32 100%
2018 32 0.000009102 32 100%
2019 27 0.000007779 27 100%
2020 18 0.000005388 18 100%
2021 32 0.000009445 32 100%
2022 24 0.000007094 24 100%
2023 23 0.000006946 23 100%
2024 30 0.000009013 30 100%

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